tekit

Old Norse

Participle

tekit

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of tekinn

Verb

tekit

1. supine of taka

Pipil

Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl tequitl (“labor, tribute”)

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtekit/
• (Witzapan) IPA^(key): /ˈteɣit/

Noun

tekit (plural tejtekit)

1. work, chore, duty, job

   Nuteku itekiw tik ne kojtan

   My father's job was in the field

Derived terms

• tekiti (“to work”)
• -tekimaka (“to give work; command”)
• -tekipanua (“to maintain, serve”)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تأكید (tekid), from Arabic تَأْكِيد (taʔkīd), verbal noun of أَكَّدَ (ʔakkada).

Noun

tekit (definite accusative tekiti, plural tekitler) (archaic)

1. corroboration
2. repeating
3. reiteration

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تأكید”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 337
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tekit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تأكید”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 478
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN